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Consumerist, a great blog that I’ve been reading for ages now has an article about the woman who set off the airport security scanner with her post cancer breast implant. Now help me please here folks. I used to like to fly and I respect the need for security while we are in the air [...]
Just wanted to share some updates with you about the rate increases planned by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in California. We start with Congress opening a probe into the increases proposed by Anthem. Then we move to Anthem defending the rate increases. And finally a delay in implementation of the rate increases until May [...]
Neither for that matter will ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) or celecoxib (Alleve). CHICAGO – Contrary to previous hypotheses, the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs does not appear associated with risk of squamous cell skin cancer, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the April print issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of [...]
No matter how you are celebrating you might want to check out some of this research. Seems that researchers have decided that red wine and chocolate are “cancer killers“. Research has yet to be done about roses or lingerie but they can’t hurt can they? Happy Valentine’s Day!
As well as being Valentine’s day today marks the first day of the 15 day celebration of the Chinese New Year! This begins the year of the Tiger one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac that rotate every 12 years. For more about being born in the Year of the Tiger click here. Me, [...]
I watched the Monkees as a kid, reruns mind you, but I watched them just the same. I always liked Peter Tork. Davey Jones was too easy, Mickey was too weird and Michael never connected with me. On March 3, 2009 Peter Tork announced that he had been diagnosed with adenoid cyctic carcinoma. The initial [...]
If you read this blog you know music is a big part of my life. Lord knows I spent too much of yesterday waiting for the line up for Bonnaroo. Well I’ve found a group that ties my passion for music in with my blog about cancer, imagine that. TargetCancer was founded in April 2009 [...]
So meaningful health care reform is likely off the table because the democrats couldn’t get their act together. The best many of us are hoping for is health insurance reform and that may wind up not only being too little too late but relatively meaningless. Case in point: The L.A. Times reported this week that [...]